Considerații cu privire la originea și aria de răspândire a unor proprietăți laice din ținutul Iași (I)
Considerations regarding the origin and the area of spreading of secular properties in the Iasi region (I)

Summary/Abstract: This study is developed based on documents included in prestigious collections: Documenta Romaniae Historica. A. Moldova; Documents on the history of Romania.A. Moldova; Documents on the history of Moldova in theXVIII century; Moldova in the era of feudalism, etc. Thus,aspects related to the origin and the territory of spreading of secular property in Iasi County are investigated. Itis about the properties possessed by influential boyar families, Ureche and Cantacuzino, and by less influential families, Moimăscul and Ponici. Following the investigations,we state that the property owned by the above-mentionedfamilies was acquired in various ways: by inheritance, inthe form of donation, through exchange and purchasesale. Most of the land in villages and parts of villages inIasi belonged to the boyar families of Cantacuzino (about30) and Ureche (about 10). The property owned by thefamilies Cantacuzino, Ureche, Moimăscul and Ponici laidalong both banks of the Prut river, as well as its right andleft tributaries (Ciuhur, Căldărușa, Rezina, Răchitna Nouă,Brătuleni, Sturhuci, Vladnic, Nârnova, etc.)

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